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A towering new mural has been unveiled across from Cohoes city hall.

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A celebration of Albanys public murals FacebookTwitterEmail 1of39Mural at 220 Second Avenue in Albany. (Chris Churchill / Times Union) Show MoreShow Less 2of39Buy PhotoA mural is seen on a building from Broadway on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)Lori Van BurenShow MoreShow Less 4of39Mural at Delaware and Second avenue in Albany. (Chris Churchill / Times Union) Show MoreShow Less 5of39Mural facing a vacant lot along Livingston Avenue in Albany, painted as...

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Giant Minotaur appears in Albany, and it’s not a myth Updated 8:44 AM; Today 8:44 AM This provided photo shows a large Minotaur mural outside The Bull and Bee Meadery & Tasting Room in Albany, N.Y.Rick Marshall Facebook Share Albany, N.Y. — What would you do if you saw a 30-foot-tall man with the head of a bull, wielding an axe while bees hovered nearby? The Times Union reports a giant Minotaur mural appeared overnight on the side of a building at 140 Hamilton Street in Albany this past w...

Minotaur mural appeared overnight piquing interest in Albanys new meadery William Tragedy Yager introduces his latest business, The Bull and Bee FacebookTwitterEmail 11 1of11Buy PhotoA mural with a Minotaur and bees is seen on the exterior of the Bull and Bee tasting room on Monday, April 5, 2021 in Albany, N.Y. The tasting room offers mead as well as other alcoholic drinks. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of11Buy PhotoA sign is seen ...

A political brawl at the Capitol - with weapons Protesters engaged in violence often known to one another, and to police FacebookTwitterEmail ALBANY — An undercover State Police investigator was nearby, watching as supporters of President Donald J. Trump began gathering in East Capitol Park on the morning of Jan. 6. Many in the small group, which would swell in size over the next few hours to about 35 people, were holding flags and wearing Trump paraphernalia. They were there as part of a coo...